guā 了

[wai ming]

I saw my friend today with an eye-patch over one of his eyes. I asked him 你的眼睛怎麼啦? and he replied "guā 了" (or at least it sounded like that).

Could anyone tell me what this means? Thanks for any help

[muyongshi]

I just have to make sure because your thing says you are focusing on cantonese, this friend was talking mandarin right?

[wai ming]

Yes, the conversation was in Mandarin

Not sure if this is relevant to the word in question, but my friend is Taiwanese.

[muyongshi]

Could be relevant, Taiwan has a specific accent. I have a couple ideas about what he could have meant but I have to think some more. Unfortunately my imagination runs wild in situations like this were maybe he meant 剐 and that just isn't pleasant.

[roddy]

刮伤的刮吧

[muyongshi]

That was my thought but I'm having a brain fart and I couldn't remember if I was imagining that 用法 or not.

[skylee]

掛了。 (see explanation 8 )

掛彩了。 (see explanation 2)

[muyongshi]

Interesting usage of 挂彩

I've never heard it said. Is it a common usage?

[muyongshi]

你不会在讽刺我吧？

There is a lot I haven't heard. Do teach me of master skylee!

[gato]

Don't know about 挂彩, but 把这棵挂了 is a common way of saying failing a class.

As for what wai ming heard, it's probably 刮. The first and the fourth tones are different enough that I doubt one was mistaken for the other.

[muyongshi]

but 把这棵挂了 is a common way of saying failing a class.

First just to clarify is that supposed to be 课? And second no I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

The first and the fourth tones are different enough that I doubt one was mistaken for the other.

I had that same thought about tones seeing as he was so specific to add the tone to it. If wai ming hadn't said 1st tone the field could be wide open in a way.

[wai ming]

I had that same thought about tones seeing as he was so specific to add the tone to it.

"she", thanks

Seems like it must have been 刮傷的刮 then.

Thanks for the help, everyone

[muyongshi]

I am unbearably embarrassed. I knew this would happen. Please accept my sincere apologizes. It's like those dreams you have...

Truly sorry Wai Ming. :oops:

[gato]

First just to clarify is that supposed to be 课? And second no I didn't know that.

Yes, a typo.

[studentyoung]

Interesting usage of 挂彩

I've never heard it said. Is it a common usage?

I hear挂彩 very often in my daily life.

Don't know about 挂彩,

挂彩 used to describe people took something red (say a red silk flower) to put on an honorable one. But now, it’s a humorous expression to describe someone gets a wound (or wounds) on his body.

Thanks!

[muyongshi]

I hear挂彩 very often in my daily life.

Glad to have someone like you around studentyoung that knows these things. I was talking to my teacher today about it and got it there too. Good 口语 stuff!

[muyongshi]

Oh and in reference to the original post about what the friend said my teacher said it was probably 挂 not 刮.

Anyway...

[wai ming]

Oh and in reference to the original post about what the friend said my teacher said it was probably 挂 not 刮.

So which meaning of 掛 did your teacher think it was?

Either of skylee's

掛了。 (see explanation 8 ) or

掛彩了。 (see explanation 2) or something else?

[muyongshi]

Well if you look at those definitions the only one that works is 挂彩 because it has the meaning 受伤. But I do not think that it matters if you say 挂 or 挂彩 as by just saying the former you imply the latter. That was my understanding of what she said (my teacher).

[redspread]

guā 了 = 挂了 . it is widely used in mandarin. 挂了 has several meanings, one is 挂彩, 挂 is the short saying of 挂彩. and 死 is one of the meanings. Sometimes, we say 挂了挂了 which means "it's too bad". Besides, when one doesn't pass an exam, we can say that 他/她 挂 了.

Once 挂了 is used, there must come with some unhappy affairs.